Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) doesn’t come out of hiding a lot. The only occasions grand enough for his presence is a closing guest spot on an A$AP Rocky album and a Kendrick Lamar liveperformance of “Alright.” We learned about the latter this weekend.

The surprise appearance, recorded by Pigeons & Planes, came at the Osheaga Music Festival in Montreal, where Lamar was the headlining act. Bey was reportedly watching Lamar’s performance from the side of the stage when he invited him to come on stage for “Alright.” He obliged, switching up the future-assuring lyrics to, “We already alright.”

So “Alright” is powerful enough to get Bey on stage and be used as an impromptu protest song, as we saw earlier this week in Cleveland, Ohio. Also, does Bey’s recent appearances mean he’s releasing new material anytime soon? It’s been six years since The Ecstatic dropped.

Saturday was Aug. 1. You know what that means, right? It’s the one-year anniversary of when Remy Ma finally stepped foot out of prison. She had been serving a six-year sentence for the shooting of Makeda Barnes-Joseph outside of nightclub.

To commemorate the anniversary, Remy Ma took to Instagram to share her thoughts on the past year and her love for her husband Papoose. Her first post was a repost of her first Instagram picture outside of jail walls.

At this moment 1 year ago I was sitting in a cell wondering when I was coming home. I had actually gave up hoping that it would even happen. I was supposed to be released July 31, 2014 & I had woke up on August 1, 2014 STILL in prison; I was devastated. Yet, by the grace of my merciful God, I was able to awake the next day at home, in my bed, and post my 1st selfie. At this moment I was so happy but still in shock that I was actually “free”…

#6years4months5days #TheRulersBack

#RemyMa #RemyMafia #ImAround

The second one was with Papoose’s hand. Who knows if Remy Ma woke up this morning and was like, “Bae. BAE! Gimme your hand for a second,” but let her have her moment.

Here it is, exactly 1 year later and it feels great to say #ImAround. Thank you to everyone that supported me and helped make my transition back into society a warm, inviting, & loving feeling😘 I am truly thankful. However, I would not have been able to be WHO I am & where I am today had it not been for my loyal, honest, dedicated, & loving husband and best friend 💍@papoosepapoose. He kept me sane; he kept me grounded; he made me believe that it was possible to start again. I love him and cannot express how thankful & honored I am to have such a REAL real one. #BlackLove#RemyMa#RemyMafia

You’ll see more of Remy and Papoose soon. Remy announced she’ll be joining the next season of Love & Hip-Hop: New York.

Kid Cudi hasn’t released new material in a while — it’s been well over a year and a half after he dropped Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon. The dry streak ended on Friday night when Kid Cudi finally dropped the lead single for Speedin’ Bullet to Heaven.

“Confused” still finds Kid Cudi in his rock star lane, pushing his sobered, dry vocals over a simplistic chord progression. He’s still straying away from hip-hop, but this single is far more accessible than his work on Satellite Flight. “Confused” is a personal track, too: “I hate the drugs but I love the numb/ I hate the gun but I want the sun.”

There’s still no release date for Speedin’ Bullet to Heaven, but it’s very likely Kid Cud could release it as a surprise like his last project. This time he’s teamed up with the production crew he’s worked with since his debut album: Plain Pat, Dot Da Genius and Emile Haynie. Kid Cudi also announced that there will be no features on the upcoming album, so expect to hear a lot more crooning from him.

Fetty Wap has taken over the summer with three Billboard Top 20 hits: “Trap Queen,” “679” and “My Way” (which likely would’ve been a top three hit if it went on iTunes sooner). Paterson’s star still isn’t relaxing, though. After dropping “I Wonder” yesterday, Fetty Wap strikes again with “I’m Straight.” This is another joint where Fetty Wap decides to go without the help of his Zoo Gang.

Wap decided to move away from love anthems with these past two tracks, although the tropical-flavored production is still here. The sing-song flow, adlibs and the general feel-good vibes are still here, too. This doesn’t mean that “I’m Straight” has the same hit potential as his three biggest songs. The whole thing doesn’t come off as indelible. However, at least the energy is still there.

The star is going to still be busy throughout the summer. He’s set to join Chris Brown on the One Hell of a Night Tour, which also features Teyana Taylor, Omarion and Kid Ink. That tour begins on Aug. 12 at Kansas and goes on through the end of the summer. Each city will presumably be going crazy when “My Way” comes on.

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There are many high-concept songs on To Pimp A Butterfly that would make a decent video: the dark “u,” the metaphorical “How Much A Dollar Cost?” and the album-closing “Mortal Man” are a few. We don’t have those videos. Instead, we get a video for one of the interludes: the Cab Calloway channeling “For Free?”

The video is as zany as the song that inspired it. A woman rants about not getting the material things she wants before Kendrick Lamar pesters her throughout a mansion, insistent that she realizes, “This d*ck ain’t free.” Of course, you get a bit of symbolism, too. Watch the short treat above.

Having fans can be a beautiful thing. When you’re down and out as an artist, you can always smile because you know that at the end of the day, your supporters will have your back. Reality is, no matter how demonstrative and open fans are on social media, artists revel at the fact that their legion of supporters will be there at their darkest hour. It’s all about that love. We’ve watched acts like Justin Bieber, One Direction, Miley Cyrus, and Lady Gaga stave off adversity because of the endless support of their fans. Even when they were wrong, in the eyes of their beloved fans, they were always right. That’s what we call power.

In hip-hop and R&B, those same rules apply. Even though the fans are a bit more ruthless in their approach, their intentions are all the same. With that being said, check out these six artists with the craziest fan base on Twitter.

6. Lil Kim

Name: Queen Bee Nation

Lil Kim is a legend in her own right. What many of the millennials may not know is that she paved the way for several female acts, especially Nicki Minaj. So when K. Michelle went on Twitter and gushed about Nicki’s performance with Jessie J and Ariana Grande at the VMA’s, Kim’s fans weren’t too pleased. “Yessss to the Queen of rap. Nicki did that! Jessie J sings her face all the way off. #Salute,” she tweeted last year. After K.Michelle hit send on that tweet, Kim’s fans unleashed a volley of shots towards the mercurial singer.

“@kmichelle: Yessss to the Queen of rap. Nicki did that! Jessie J sings her face all the way off. #Salute” BITCH YOU A BIRD!!!!!

Despite Kim’s career appearing bleak at the moment, it’s good to see that Queen Bee Nation still has her back.

5. Bow Wow

Name: BowWowHive

Yes, believe it or not, this is real. Despite not releasing an album in over six years, Bow Wow still has fans holding him down. The “Bounce With Me” rapper’s legion is pretty legit. Who wouldn’t want to pay homage to the man who kissed Tyra Banks not once, but twice? Recently, a horde of fans went on Twitter and saluted Shad Moss for his lofty accomplishments stemming from his infamous role in Like Mike to even dating the likes of Ciara and Angela Simmons. Do you guys remember when Bow crossed up Allen Iverson in Like Mike? That was a epic moment. Plus, who else can say that they won a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award? We’re waiting.

4. Artist: Future

Fanbase: FutureHive

In just a matter of months, Future has blossomed into a formidable artist in the eyes of music pundits. After a pedestrian sophomore album in the form of Honest, Future swallowed all of the criticism and countered back with a bevy of stellar mixtapes including, Monster, Beast Mode and 56 Nights. In April, after the release of 56 Nights, he watched his aficionados swarm the Internet to pay homage for his poignant raps.

The Hive even defended their leader when he was attacked by fellow ATL rapper OG Maco. In hopes of defending Future, the hive clapped back at Maco by buying the domain to his site and obliterating him on Twitter. Talk about reckless! The Future Hive also proved that their legion was all about support when they helped Hendrix nab his first number one album with Dirty Sprite 2.

3. Artist: Nicki Minaj

Name: Barbz

Nicki Minaj is one tough cookie. In the past, the vivacious rapper has found herself in numerous verbal skirmishes including one recently with Taylor Swift, and of course with Mariah Carey. When her and Mariah bumped heads on American Idol, Nicki’s fans didn’t waste any time in coming to her defense. During her interview with Barbara Walters, Mariah mentioned how Nicki threatened to shoot her during their season together on Idol. While Nicki scoffed at Mariah’s claim, one of her Barbz suggested that she followed through on her threat and actually put Mariah to sleep. Yikes.

The Barbz even defended her after she was denied the opportunity of talking to students at her alma mater, La Guardia High School in NYC. “I wanted to go back to my HS and speak to the students but the new principal declined. No need for me to inspire them, I guess. Smh,” she tweeted. Of course, one of her Ken dolls came to her defense and even promised to have a sit-down with the new principal in hopes of changing her mind.

Lastly, who can forget when Meek and Nicki wereembroiled in a little Internet beef with Joe Budden. After Joe clowned the couple on his podcast, they went on Twitter and took a barrage of shots at the “Pump It Up” rapper. After Meek was charged up, he called on the Barbz to finish off the job. These Barbz are loyal!

2. Artist: Rihanna

Name: RihannaNavy

The reason why a lot of people are mortified of RiRi’s RihannaNavy is because of their reckless attitude. Sound familiar? When Chris Brown and his ex-girlfriend Karrueche Tran were taking selfies together in Hawaii, guess who chimed in? Rihanna and her friends were merciless when they poked fun at her ex-boyfriend’s newest arm candy. It wasn’t hard for her to cajole her loyal fan-base to join in on the action and berate Karrueche. All it took was a few tweets and Tran was decimated by The Navy. “My boyfriend is a celebrity, whose ex-girlfriend is an even bigger celebrity. So not only am I fighting a battle with her, I’m fighting a battle with her 14 million fans or however else. So imagine how that feels for me when I have to get on Twitter,” she said during her interview with Keke Palmer last year. Check out some of the painful tweets below.

1. Artist: Beyonce

Name: BeyHive

Who runs the world? Well, in the eyes of the BeyHive, obviously Beyonce. The songstress’ zealous fans always protect her from harm’s way. You remember when Kid Rock tried to throw shade at Beyonce during his interview with Rolling Stone? Let’s just say, her swarm of fans lashed out on his Instagram by posting bee emojis on every picture that he ever posted. In addition, who can forget when Beck trumped Beyonce for Album of the Year at the Grammys? That didn’t sit too well with her fans either. Karrueche, who’s a very popular prop within the RihannaNavy community, also was stung by Bey’s crew of misfits after she made fun of Blue Ivy’s hair on BET’s 106 and Park. Let’s not forget when R&B artists Keri Hilson and Keyshia Cole were slapped with an array of insults after they attempted to trade barbs with Beyonce over her 2013 track, “Bow Down.” No one can win against Bey. It’s virtually impossible.

Despite the Beyhive displaying loyalty to their leader, they have also showed signs of defiance. Back in June, levels of anxiety spiked when Good Morning America posted a clip of Beyonce promising to make a huge announcement. With fans enthralled by the idea of her big announcement, the “Drunk in Love” singer crushed their high hopes that following Monday, when she revealed that she was now a Vegan. Rather than celebrate her life-changing decision, fans revealed their dismay on Twitter following her announcement.

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Meek Mill didn’t see the momentum swing his way when he finally dropped “Wanna Know,” his response to Drake. It looks like he shot himself in the foot instead of doing any real damage. Drake got a chance to listen, and if the above Instagram post is an indicator, he’s far from fazed.

You know what also doesn’t help Meek? The OVO Fest is this weekend. Not a great week for Philly.

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While everybody is looking out for that Meek Mill response, Future is riding high off living up to the hype behind DS2. Ever the work addict, Future is still promoting the project with the video for “Kno The Meaning.”

This might immediately pique interests because “Kno The Meaning” is the most personal song off DS2. The Vincent Lou-directed flick finds Rev. Nayvadius in prayer. Is he praying for Drake after Meek Mill drops that diss? Who knows, but you can watch the video above.

Reading is what, kids? Right! It’s fundamental, which is why Netflixis bringing back LeVar Burton and the hit PBS show, Reading Rainbow. In addition to every ’80s kid’s afternoon throwback, Netflix has a ton of new titles in store for your bingewatching entertainment this August.

Reading Rainbow is one of the most influential shows of our childhood because Burton truly made reading a joy for us to do. It was on the air for a whopping 26 years when the show ended in 2009. It’s a feat unheard of then and today, and it clearly left a void. Burton held a Kickstarter campaign to bring the show back, and it worked. He raised over $5 million, and then Netflix scooped it up for their children’s audience. It’s finally premiering on Netflix August 1. But here are all of the titles that are coming and leaving Netflix next month.

Also, be on the look out for their other original series, Narcos, and the independent flick, Pariah.

What’s New

August 1

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999)

Asylum (2005)

Back in Time/ Cong Cong Na Nian (2014)

Beneath the Helmet (2014)

Breakup Buddies/ Xin Hau Lu Fang (2014)

Bride and Prejudice (2004)

Casting By (2012)

Dancing on the Edge: Season 1

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: Season 2

Dear Frankie (2004)

Dogs on the Inside (2014)

Electric Slide (2014)

Enemy at the Gates (2001)

Flex is Kings (2013)

Lost and Love/ Shi Gu (2015)

Masha and the Bear: Season 1

November Rule (2015)

Odd Squad: Season 1

Outcast (2014)

Pants on Fire (2014)

Reading Rainbow: Volume 1

Russell Brand: End the Drugs War (2014)

Russell Brand: From Addiction to Recovery (2012)

Somewhere Only We Know/ You yi ge di fang zhi you wo men zhi dao(2015)

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After a break, Verses and Flow is finally coming back for a 5th season on TV One.

Tonight’s season premiere of the 30-minute variety show will feature a spoken word performance by poet Rob Gibsun, who’s set to vent his frustrations about being Black in America today.

“All patted down: No ganj. No white. No justice for all so/somebody getting locked up tonight/ All iron cuffs. All shackled up. All up on/the whip,” he says in his verse.

His spoken word couldn’t come at a better time with the amount of social injustices among Blacks being so prevalent with cases such as Sandra Bland and Samuel DuBose.

Also set to star in tonight’s episode is Charlie Wilson, who will perform his hit “Outstanding” which debuted in ‘67 along with the rest of The Gap Band.

Past seasons featured stars such as Leela James, Johnny Gill and even Anthony Hamilton. Hip-hop fans can look forward to Raekwon cheffing it up on stage, as well as B.O.B making a guest appearance.

If you can’t wait until 10PM, check out a clip from Rob Gibsun’s set above.

With Meek Mill being the fire starter of one of the mostpublicized hip-hop beefs in recent years, the Philly born rapper shared his story with Billboard. There’s no mention of Drake in the interview, as it occurred before the ghostwriter fallout.

Instead, Billboard details how Meek literally started from the bottom. Born Robert Rahmeek Williams, he grew up in the tough streets of North Philly.

After his father was shot and killed when Meek was five-years-old, his mother did her best by working at a bank, doing hair and countless other odd jobs to make ends meet. Meek turned to the streets, which involved carrying a gun nearly all the time.

At age 18, Meek carried a gun when he was on his way to the local bodega as Philly Police swarmed him. After cuffing and dragging him inside his house, “beat the sh-t out of me…I had a concussion, stitches, braids ripped out. My blood was on the ceiling, on the floor.”

Meek also comments on Nicki Minaj‘s sex-filled raunchy 2014 hit single “Only,” saying, “She wasn’t my girl then, but now she wouldn’t even had did that,” he says.

Even after comments fromJoe Budden (and now Drake…twice) he admits that his rough exterior can’t always be prominent, especially with songs like “All Eyes On Me,” which even he admits Nicki lyrically-slaughtered him on.

Meek Mill is also aware of the prevalence of police brutality in America’s Black communities, but admits that he’s “scared to be political.”

“You get too powerful and more people try to take you out. My son ain’t trying to hear that his dad got put away because he was fighting for the country,” Meek added.

With his current feelings towards violence, it’s a welcome relief knowing that this Drake beef wont spill out into the streets.

It must be beef season. While everyone has been clamoring forMeek Mill to rally back and finally drop his diss record against Drake, we have a new beef brewing in the world of rap. Today (July 30), Vic Mensa sent a barrage of shots over Travis $cott’s direction with his new freestyle, “Heir to the Throne.”

“Black out on one of these artists sneak dissing and spot you like you wearing the red shirt at target.

Couple rap ni**as you thought we was crew (Straight Up)

Real life ni**as is corny what can I do (Straight Up)

Rich boy rappers get the notion that they tough,

You a cheddar Bob you better shooting yourself” – Vic Mensa.

Vic flexes his lyrical muscle over Biggie’s “Who Shot Ya” in hopes of getting some target practice before he embarks on his “Traffic” Tour. Even though Mensa didn’t utter Travis’ name, it’s easy to distinguish who the Chicago rapper was referencing. Travis is notoriously known for his “Straight Up” ad-lib, and of course, Vic decided to pull a full-time jackmove on the “3500” rapper by mimicking his patented voice-overs. Straight up cold, Vic. As for Travis, he’s putting the finishing touches on his debut album, Rodeo, which is slated to drop Sept. Will Travis pull a Drake and place the album on a brief hold to respond to Vic’s freestyle?

If you guys want to hear the record in its entirety, check out the record below.

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“Stare” is a funk-infused track, guaranteed to make make your girl slither in her seat (which is what Prince does well). He even pays an homage to himself a bit, and it’s something any Prince fan would appreciate. If “Stare” is any indication at how The Hit and Run Album is going to sound, we’re all in.

If you’re a Meek Mill fan, today really sucks, and I get it. I remember when I first heard “I’m a Boss” on my way to the deli. I damn near cried tears of joy. Everybody heard loud shrills when you rapped, but I heard a rap genius on the cusp of stardom. To watch you fizzle in front of my eyes has been damn near unbearable, brother. Do you know how many people clowned me on my first day of work, because of you, Rahmeek? Now, here’s what we’ve come to: a website in your honor to revive what’s left of your dignity.

“Every donation to the Save Meek Mill website will help Save Meek Mill’s brand by giving back to Philadelphia youth through education. We strive to inspire the youth into different career paths other than being the type of rapper Meek Mill once glorified. We will save the youth from any future embarrassment caused at the hands of their rap adversaries when they find themselves in a beef — inspired by the one Meek Mill is currently losing to Drake. How? By inspiring them to not be like Meek Mill at all,” reads the Meek inspired site.

For Meek fans out there, all there’s left to do is either donate, or simply wait for him to finally release his diss track to Drake. From what we’ve seen, he’s in no hurry to trade barbs with Drizzy. To be continued…

Just when you thought Drake couldn’t take another W today, he comes through in the bottom of the ninth.

Earlier this morning, Drake dropped a song with the cover image of Joe Carter during a World Series walk-off home run. It’s also worth mentioning that the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Philadelphia Phillies that year. Carter played for the Blue Jays for five years and also played for the Cubs, Indians, Padres, Orioles, and Giants.

Carter must have woken up this morning to his Twitter mentions being on fire, and after realizing what the commotion was about, he took to Twitter to thank the 6 God in a tweet. As the photo represents a triumphant time in Canada’s past, Drake has been doing his best this week to to make his city proud once again.

This is just another boost to Carter’s ego as his twitter bio reads “World Series Hero.”

After being ethered by Drake’s two diss records and Safaree’s track, it looks like the beef with continue. On Wednesday afternoon, Meek took to Instagram with the caption “Right now I’m on the road still cashing out ….. Ima b in the studio soon…. 5hr ride to Montreal” accompanying a photo of him holding up a bunch of cash.

With Meek calling Drake’s first diss “baby lotion soft” and not commenting on ‘Back to Back,” Meek’s gonna have to rep Philly pretty hard seeing as he’s already down 2-0. And that’s not even counting the gofundme campaign to get him into the studio. Although Meek didn’t mention when the track would drop, we can only hope that it’d be sooner than later.